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Week of May 23, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of May 23rd include THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, the 17th installment in Louise Penny's bestselling mystery series starring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, which our reviewer calls "perhaps Penny’s most powerful novel as it explores the psychological and emotionally charged national and international conundrums of the post-pandemic world"; THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides, a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder and obsession; MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Joshua Henkin's sweeping and compassionate novel about a young woman who falls in love and marries a hotshot young Shakespeare professor --- at which point her life takes a turn she never could have anticipated; and WAR ON THE BORDER by Jeff Guinn, a dramatic account of the “Punitive Expedition” of 1916 that brought Pancho Villa and Gen. John J. Pershing into conflict, and whose reverberations continue in the Southwestern US to this day.

Chanel Cleeton, author of Our Last Days in Barcelona

Barcelona, 1964. Exiled from Cuba after the revolution, Isabel Perez goes to Spain in search of her missing sister, Beatriz. But it’s an unearthed piece of family history that ultimately transforms her life. Barcelona, 1936. Alicia Perez arrives in Barcelona after a difficult voyage from Cuba, her marriage in jeopardy and her young daughter, Isabel, in tow. When Cubans journey to Spain to join the International Brigades, Alicia’s past comes back to haunt her as she is unexpectedly reunited with the man who once held her heart. Alicia and Isabel’s lives intertwine, and the past and present collide, as a mother and daughter are forced to choose between their family’s expectations and following their hearts.